Woman loses exorcism case

The striking feature of the case is that the versions put forward by Madam Valli and her family on the one side, stands in stark contrast to the accounts of the defendants and their witnesses.

After analysing the evidence, Justice Lee Seiu Kin accepted the defendants’ version and gave five broad reasons for his decision.

It boiled down to: demeanour and consistency of the witnesses on both sides; dubious evidence of Madam Valli’s witnesses; contradiction of her case with contemporaneous documents; attempts by her and her husband to conceal evidence; and strong evidence corroborating the version of the defendants.
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